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Docksider & Elementary Concert – Thursday, February 13 at 7pm. Gloucester High School auditorium. Come hear great music & support music in our schools! FREE admission! Baked goods will be available for purchase during intermission.

Special Event

“To Light the Fires” A Guest Sermon by Lise Breen

Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church

Sunday, February 9th, 10AM

Join Gloucester UU parishioners on Sunday, February 9th for a guest sermon by Lise Breen: “To Light the Fires: A Sketch of The Daltons, Black Citizens of Gloucester and the World”

Lise will remind us of Gloucester’s indisputable, tangled history with slavery with some accounts from Gloucester. One former enslaved African American, Gloucester Dalton, joined other Universalists at the laying of the cornerstone for the Gloucester church. Lise will introduce other Dalton family members and discuss their roles and identities as slaves, as fugitives and, finally, as extraordinary political activists. She hopes to meet with you afterwards to answer questions and discuss plans for an African American Heritage Trail.

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About Lise Breen: While selecting content for the Gloucester HarborWalk, Lise came across evidence of our African American history. She hopes to garner support for an African American Heritage Trail to reveal the extent of slavery here and, more happily, recognize those who worked so hard to end it. Lise worked as a Research Associate with The Brooklyn Museum and, more recently, as a consultant documenting accounts from the rapidly changing fishing industry. She is a member of the Sargent House Board and the Gloucester Harbortown Cultural District Steering Committee.

Your Community, Your Conversation. Free event starting with a light dinner, and a relaxed evening of conversation as we continue our work to make Gloucester ….Better….Together, Cafe Style. Participants will move forward to the next step of action on themes developed at the October Cafe event. New participants are encouraged and welcome to attend. Bring family and friends and together we can build relationships, programs, and energy within Gloucester to strengthen and connect our community in a productive way. Free Event, All ages Welcome; Childcare available onsite. RSVP appreciated, but walk-in are welcome! Sponsored by Healthy Gloucester Collaborative, with special thanks to the Gloucester Council on Aging.

Email to: asatterfield@gloucester-ma.gov or: 978 281-0908

Get ready for our second monthly tequila tasting! In honor of Valentine’s Day, come share in our love of tequila with one of our most-adored brands- Milagro. Cupid’s arrows will be flying around providing shot after shot of agave to warm your hearts. Prepare to fall in love with Casa de Luis even more deeply than we’re sure you already are.

So join us for a night of fun and debauchery for our tequila tasting on Thursday, February 13th from 7-9pm. One $30 ticket will allot you 6 samples of Milagro, one of each type, samples of our signature Milagro margarita concoction, and 6 courses of tapas from our menu. In honor of the holiday we will have some extra fun planned out including a door raffle and photo ops with the most interesting man alive!

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Come into Casa for a drink and a bite and grab your ticket or contact Izzy at 978-407-7640

IMPORTANT: Casa de Luis will not be seating non-tasting patrons for dinner after 5pm and will not be taking take-out orders after 5:45pm on the night of the tasting. We also will not be accommodating walk-ins for the tasting on the night-of, so buy your tickets in advance!

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Free GMG Gloucester Sticker

As long as supplies last if any GMG folks want a bumper sticker but can't drop down the dock, just send a self addressed and stamped envelope longer then 7 and a half inches and I'll drop one in the mail for you.

Send the self addressed and stamped envelope to the dock at 95 East Main St Gloucester Ma 01930 care of Joey (put my name in big letters to make sure it gets to me)

Free GMG Gloucester Sticker

As long as supplies last if any GMG folks want a bumper sticker but can't drop down the dock, just send a self addressed and stamped envelope longer then 7 and a half inches and I'll drop one in the mail for you.

Send the self addressed and stamped envelope to the dock at 95 East Main St Gloucester Ma 01930 care of Joey (put my name in big letters to make sure it gets to me)